A star refers to a player who makes the all star team.
DeRozan this season:
21.2 ppg
4.6 rpg
3.2 asp
He lacks a 3pt shot, but he's been Raptors go to guy and Raptors are leading the crappy atlantic. He'll probably make the all star he probably won't. He's already miles ahead of JR Smith, JR Smith never had a season close to DeMarr.
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/playerrankings/regularseason/SG?&_1:col_1=2
DeRozan is ranked 2nd in overall production at his position.
JR is ranked 32nd. Iman is ranked 31st, but we know Iman > JR, even Francisco Garcia > JR.
6th man of the year means nothing. DeMarr is the better talent, more productive and just has a better future over JR because DeMarr actually works hard on his game and doesn't get in trouble like Smith. Smith is wasted talent and now he's a scrub. This is a terrible comparison and you're desperate for even trying to convince anyone in the forum Smith > Derozan. Now we know how warped your mind is.
3G4G, LeBron wouldn't even help the Knicks win games. This roster is bottom tier. Just because Melo's team is low tier doesn't mean he isn't a star.
Tracy McGrady averaged 28 ppg, 6 rpg, 5.5 apg on 41% FG and 33% 3PT shooting, his team went 21-61 that 03-04 season. This was before they drafted Howard. T'Mac was still an all star and at 24 he best believe he still held the star status.
You're a nobody so who you call a star or not has no value. Your mentality is warped and your vision is filled with too much poisonous hatred.
Melo is extremely flawed, but Knicks had their best season in recent history since 97' under Melo and won 54 games? Melo has been on numerous 50 win teams and guess what? He was by far the best player on the team. He hasn't stump any franchise. He brought hype and great basketball to New York, the franchise itself couldn't deliver and secure a good team around Melo.
Melo is as flawed as Dominique Wilkins who's a hall of famer that has never "won" big.
You know what's funny?
Dominique and Melo had the same production.
Nique was never Jordan and Melo was never James, but both of those guys had hall of fame careers. They're stars and they always keep their teams competitive.
In fact, Melo started his career at 19 where as Nique started it at 23. Melo has 5-7 more years left in his career.
Either way, your argument holds no weight, Melo holds that star power and his performance speaks for himself. 26 ppg and 9 rpg at the SF is star production no question.
Prime Steve Nash can't help this team.
JR Smith too streaky.
Felton, Stat, Barg, Chandler too injury prone.
Shumpert and Hardaway Jr. would thrive off Nash, no question.
But when you get Nash, you get one of the worst defensive PG's in NBA history. Our defense is already bad, and Nash isn't playing with prime Amar'e Stoudemire, so that's non-sense.